ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Austin Proehl has always wanted to get his foot in the door of the NFL.
The son of longtime NFL wide receiver Ricky Proehl attended his first game weeks after he was born in 1995 and would accompany his father in the locker room not long after he started walking.
And when Ricky -- who played for the Seattle Seahawks in 1995 and 1996, the Chicago Bears in 1997 and the St. Louis Rams beginning in 1998 -- signaled to his wife, Kelly, to keep Austin out of the dressing room after a lost game, the toddler protested.